“I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce heat of living
falling toward
the center of your longing.”
― David Whyte
I once pulled into the parking lot of the park, but after reading the sign that no dogs were allowed, I turned around and left. And even though I pass the sign for the park almost every time I leave the house to go into town, I never turned into the lot again. After years of photo walks with our dogs, the time has come for me to venture out alone. And that is just what I did yesterday. I sat and watched the light as it moved through the trees, I listened to the birds, and I studied the sculptures from different angles. I left a good part of the park unseen, saving it for another trip. And when I got back in the car to head home, I brought with me an awareness that felt like a revival.